Next Amateur Radio Testing Session (VE Session)

You are invited to become a member of the NRVARC or to renew your membership in the club. If you are
new to the area or are not involved in a local amateur radio organization, we encourage you to visit our
club and become acquainted with members of the amateur radio community from the New River Valley.
Club members are involved in a wide range of enjoyable amateur radio activities. These activities include
attending our monthly meetings, helping provide communications for public service events such as the
Mountains of Misery Bike Ride and the Wilderness Road Bike Ride, checking in to weekly nets on our
repeaters, and participating in ARRL Field Day. We also get together for breakfast on Saturday mornings
at a local restaurants.
For those who are interested in severe weather events, our club cooperates with SKYWARN, the amateur
radio spotter system of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Blacksburg. Club members are
encouraged to take free SKYWARN training from the NWS and to check in to SKYWARN nets on our
repeaters.
One of our major annual events is the national ARRL Field Day held on the fourth full weekend in June.
Our Field Day site is located at the Randolph Park Complex (map) in Dublin. At Field Day, you will find hams
using Morse code, voice, and sometimes digital modes. All club members and friends are welcome at Field Day,
whether or not you have previous experience on the HF bands or in a contest-like operating event.
The club has an e-mail listserv that you are welcome to join, so you can keep up to date with
announcements and other information of interest to club members. Information on how to sign up for the
listserv appears on the membership application form.
We offer amateur radio license exams 4 times a year at the public library in Radford under the auspices of
the ARRL VEC.
All amateurs are welcome to check into the weekly nets on our 2m repeater. The repeater frequency is
147.180 (+offset, CTCSS tone 103.5). The NRVARC Two Meter FM Net meets on Sundays at 8:00 p.m.
The Montgomery/Pulaski County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Net meets on Thursday
evenings at 8:00 p.m. These nets give you the opportunity to learn about net operation in a relaxed setting
and to enjoy the camaraderie of fellow hams.
In 2012, the club began operating a repeater on 444.650 MHz (+ offset, CTCSS tone 107.2).
These 2 repeaters are currently linked.